National Republican., 1887-07-11


these hot summers and cold winters and late
springs; hetter hearing; better eyeslght more
tonic in the air; more perfume In the bloom;
aped aged man aemetimes s sSst as though You NV would
like 10 get your arm and foot free2 Do you
not feel as though you Ike to throw away
tpectacles and canes and crutches2 Would
you not like. TO feel the spring and elasticity
ard mirth Of an eternal boyhood? When the
point at which you start from this world is old
age, and the point to which you go is eternal
The anticipation, and say, In perfect rapture o
soul. THE time of my departure Is at hand"
oT 81 ,he esa %bo baSs Sey oresiv 70 Iee 10
know what is beyond this earthly terminus.
And who bas not any curiosity about ~ Paul,
snpIo'e anS 'hs most ssstsiaSt9ry sn,f So view Of
what we shall be-" tis like looking through
a broken telescope: "Now we see through q
Ss %nSsns S0,
questions about II that l cannot answer. /
ask you thousand questions about II that YOU
cannot answer, And do you wonder that
chance TO go over and make discoveries in that
blessed country
man, no prospered man, think wants to- go
now But the time will come. think, when
!shall go oyer. ! want to see what they, DO
not want to be looking through the gates alar
forever. want them to swing Wide open.
There are ten thousand things I want OK
plaintd-about YOU, about myself, about the
government OF this world. about God, about
every thing. We start IN plain path of what
we know. and In minute come up against
how II looks over there. somebody tells me
II ~ like paved city-pHved with gold;
and another man tells noe 1t is like fountain,
proct ssion; and the next man meet tells me
after The body Is resurrectcd, what they wear
AV,1 kAN NHA.y .a.Ns at,1 1av
@ mmessuisbe @1 ey cur f osi,y an" 10 know s'0 what
where IL is. Columbus Iisked his life to find
on a voyage Of discovery which shall reveal a
vester and more brilliant country? John
franklin risked his life TO find a passage be-
passage to eternal summer Men in swilser.
land travel UP the heights Of Matterborn with
alpenstock and guides, and rockets and ropes.
end setting half way ur stumble and and ia,l
to say they had been on the tops OF those high
peaks. And shall we fear TO 90 out for, the
s.cento the eternal hills which start q thou
peaks Of the Alps, and when in that assent
there is no peril? man doomed to die
.tepy.d on the scafold; and said in
Joy Now in ten minutes / will know the
great secret One minute after the vital
functions ceased the little child that died last
night in Montague street knew more than
death II you please 70 cali 1t, to the Christian
Is glorious explanation, 1t Is demonstration.
opening OF ali the windows. It is shutting up
the catechism OF doubt, and the unrolling OF
all the scrolls Of positive, and accurate in;
iSImastSn Instead Of standing at the foot Of
ihe % top Of the I ladder and looking down. Il Is Is
the last mystery taken out Of botany, and
geoloay, and astronomy. aud theology. o,
swertd? The perpetually recurring interro-
CATION point changed for ihe mark oi exciama-
hon. Al riddles solved; Who will fear 70 go
|, are TO be decided which we have been dis
cussing all our lives? Who shall not clap his
| hands in the anticipation Of that blessed coun.
try, II II lie 10 better than through holy curl
| osity, cry ing, THE lime Of my departure is ut
remark, again, we ought to have the joy of
| into the best society OF the Universe You see
| great crowd of people In some street, and
you say, who Is passing there What gen,
see @ a great throng in heaven. say: "whois
the focus of all that admiration2 Who. is the
| center Of that glittering company 1t Is
i orits of oil ages. Do you know what is the
| first question the soul will ask when 1t comes
through the gate Of heavenH think the first
tSat % pardoned dom my SIM that t Carried led % my sor
yictories?" o radiant One how ! would like
see Thee Thou Of the in,sSnger but without
out its papgs Thou of the grave, but without
The Bible ntimates that we will talk with
| Jesus in heaven just as a brother talks with q
| brother. Now, what will you ask Him first ?
| ] DO not know. j eau think what would ask
| Paul frs, II saw him In heaven. i think
| would like TO hear him describe the storm that
| came upon the ship when there were two hun
| dred and seventy y-fve souls on the vessel Paul
being The only man on board cool enough to
an IL a a
about ship and the sea that shall never get
over, and think wou!d like to hear him
talk abort that first. But when / meet my
10 hear Him speak? Now think what II is
| shall first want to hear the tragedy of His
last hours; and then LnFe's account Of the
crucifyion aud Marks account OF the cruel
ixion ard Johns account OF the crucliixior
will be nothing, while from the living lips oi
Christ The story shall lie told OF the gloom that
fell and the devils that arose, and the fact that
upon His endurance depended the rescue OF a
race; and there was darkness IN the sky and
there was darkness In the soul, and tho pan
more heavy, until the mob began to swim away
from the dying vision of Christ, and the ours
ing Of the mob came TO his ear NOR.
sintly, ard his hands were fastened {
his feet were fastened to the perpen
dioular piece of the cross, and HIS heat
s S'%s5d 5 ns be persa H ns hsarel T
will stop 10 listen until the story is done, ant
every harp will be put down, and every III
closed. and all ewes fixed upon the divine mar
| rator until the story Is done, and then. pt lh,
tap Of the baton, the eternal orchestra vii
the mouth Of trumpet there shall roll fortt
the oratorio of the Messiah: worthy Is tn,
lemb that was slain TO receive blessing, ant
riches. und honor, and glory, aud power
| world without end"
"What He endured, Oh who can tell.
To save our souls from death and hell ~
When there was between Paul aud tina
magnificent parsonage only the thinness OF th
| shaTp edge of the sword Of the eXecuttoner. d.
| you wonder that he wanted tn go? O, my Lor
Jesus, let one wave of that glory roll over thi
auditoiyl HNrk! hear the wedding bells o
heaven ringing now. The marriage OF tn
Lamb has come, and the bride hath mad
herself ready.
Perseverance Lodge OF Good Templars
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